ok, I'm completely blank about this problem... only thing I can say: 1) as you can read in http://workaround.ch/pub/slackintosh/current/source/k/config the required field is in 2) you say now that a freeze occurs, could it be that the disc is dying?
however, you're awarded with the "strangest bug of all time" prize ;-)
ciao
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